Help save the laws that protect all of us from pollution

26 January 2012

Laws that protect us from toxic chemicals and keep rivers free from sewage could face the axe if a senior Government minister gets his way.

Oliver Letwin MP is considering replacing all green safeguards with a dangerously simplified 50-page document - according to media reports.

They include rules that protect us from:

Asbestos in the air

Industrial waste in rivers

Toxic chemicals

A full list of existing safeguards is on the Government's red tape challenge website.

It is unclear which of the important protections would end up in the bin if Mr Letwin gets his way.

Please ask him to reveal his plans - or deny them if they are untrue.

Don't let him bin our protection from toxic chemicals.

Ask Oliver Letwin to back off today

Dear Oliver Letwin

Email subject line

You can contact me by email (preferably - to save resources) or at the following address:

*

Required data

Please fill in the missing fields below:

Title

*

Please choose a title

First name

*

Surname

*

Postcode

*

Find Address

The 'Find address' button use a scripting technology called JavaScript which you don't seem to have.

House Name / No.

*

Street

Town / City

Country

Please enter your country

Email

*

Please tick this box if you would like Friends of the Earth to use the contact details you have supplied, including your email address, to keep you up to date on our work and what you are helping us to achieve.

Friends of the Earth is a collective name for Friends of the Earth Trust, registered charity 281681, company number 1533942, and Friends of the Earth Limited, company number 1012357, both of which may use the above information. In both cases the registered office is at 1st Floor, The Printworks, 137-143 Clapham Road, London, SW9 0HP.